Diogenes
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Diogenes (Διογένης) is a Greek name shared by several important historical figures:
- Diogenes Apolloniates (c. 460 BCE), philosopher
- Diogenes of Sinope (412-323 BCE), better known as Diogenes the Cynic or simply Diogenes
- Diogenes the Stoic (Diogenes of Seleucia) (c. 150 BCE)
- Diogenes of Judea (fl. c. 100-76 BCE), general and advisor of Hasmonean king Alexander Jannaeus
- Diogenes Laertius (between 200-500 CE), historian
- Diogenes (1st century CE), Greek merchant and explorer
- Diogenes, bishop of Byzantium, 114-129 CE
- Diogenes of Oenoanda (2nd century CE), Epicurean
- Diogenes (11th century), duke of Syrmia
See also:
- Diogenes syndrome, personality disorder.
- Diogenes Verlag, a Swiss publishing house.